♦ Applies to: IT Benchmarking v.1.13.0+ (Learn more)

In this article:

Introduction

Use the multi-year trending feature in Interactive Benchmarking to compare your actuals against median benchmarks over a three-year time period. These three years include the current and prior two years. Trend over time is available for Industry Benchmark metrics and Infrastructure Benchmark metrics.

Industry Benchmarks - Benchmark Trend Over Time

The Industry Benchmarks, Benchmark Trend Over Time (Median) looks like this:

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The screenshot above displays the median "IT Spend as a percentage of revenue industry" benchmark for the selected industries (in this case, Banking & Finance, Investment Banking and Information Technology) for the current benchmark year (2018), and prior two years (2017 and 2016). The benchmark is displayed in both chart and tabular forms.

NOTES

• All benchmark numbers are medians.
• While industry selections are reflected in the trending chart, your region or revenue adjusters will not be carried over from the previous section. 
• Actual values displayed for the year's cost data is retrieved from your Cost Transparency project.
• When benchmark data is not available for a certain industries for the given time period, no data is shown.
• When benchmark data is not available for a certain time period, no data is shown.

Infrastructure Benchmarks - Benchmark Trend Over Time

The Unit Cost Trend Over Time (Median) looks like this:

The FTE Efficiency Trend Over Time (Median) looks like this:

Trend over time information is available for unit cost and FTE efficiency metrics, as shown above.

NOTES

• All benchmark numbers are medians.
• Scale, Region or Industry adjuster selections from the previous section do not get reflected on the Trend Over Time chart.
• Actual values displayed for the year's cost data is retrieved from your Cost Transparency project.
• When benchmark data is not available for a certain time period, no data is shown.